After a few recent skin flare-ups, I've decided to dial the
low histamine thing up a notch. Although I admit the low histamine diet has improved my skin overall, I still can't help but feel my skin should be better than it is. This is very frustrating.
So, I've decided to commit to my own short list of foods that I will eat - and only eat - for the next 30 days. A more extreme
Whole30 of sorts. Despite being quite disciplined with my eating (if I do say so), I have been turning to a few "treats" of late. These "extras" include cottage cheese, nuts, Jennie's Macaroons, and sweet potato chips. None of these things are actually in the histamine no-go category, but I have reason to wonder if they aren't hampering my progress.
And so, as of Saturday, October 22, I am only eating from the following list of foods. That's it. Nothing else. No exceptions. (I have to do it, since I've now declared it to the Internet.)
FOOD LIST
Protein
- Beef
- Chicken (less so)
- Pork
- Eggs (2 max/day)
Fat
- Coconut oil/milk/flakes
- Olive oil
- Butter
Carbs
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Brussels sprouts
- Sweet potato
- Turnip
- Zucchini
- Carrots
- Parsnips
- Asparagus
- Apples
Note: Other veggies permitted, except known histamine-generators (spinach, pumpkin, eggplant, tomato in all its delicious forms, sauerkraut)
Other
- Salt
- Pepper
- Ground cilantro
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On day three of hard-core low histamine, I was greeted with a fairly severe morning flare -up. I have reason to believe it may have been stress induced. |
So I'm keeping a record of my skin condition, as well as a food log (which is comprised of the foods listed see above). I'll update here as often as manageable, including pictures, my food log perhaps and my overall progress. My hope is that after 30 days of (*sigh* even more) strictly eating a low histamine diet I'll have eliminated virtually all of the eczema. Wish me luck.